Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of CBtect Portable Circuit Breaker Monitoring
Authority: NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply of 10 CBtect portable circuit breaker monitoring units, plus licenses for connection to servers and warranty. Option for up to an additional 10 CBtect units depending on operational requirements included.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Dec 2025, 12:38 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Dec 2025, 12:38 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-081474- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f2b3Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Competition is absent for technical reasons and there are no reasonable alternatives (Procurement Act 2023, Schedule 5, paragraph 6):
CBTect is a unique technology designed following an innovation project to enhance National Grid's ability to capture multiple aspects of condition data of in-service circuit breakers.
The CBTect units being purchased have been developed as a portable monitoring system that does not require an outage to install and will provide flexibility when assessing the condition of, and subsequent maintenance of, circuit breakers.
CBTect can identify a range of fault conditions including: Timing defects, interrupter defects, failing grading capacitors, mechanism damping problems and SF6 contamination.
National Grid has not identified a reasonable alternative portable product that can analyse the range of fault conditions required and does not require an outage to be installed.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 10 Dec 2025- Transparency notice published10 Dec 2025, 12:38 GMTUK5
- Contract signature expected9 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIMPUS LIMITEDSMEPurchase of CBtect9 Jan 2026 – 31 Mar 2031 · up to 31 Mar 2033Extensions: 2x 12 month extensions to be taken in the event that the licenses for use of analysis software are still required. · Options: Initial purchase of 10 CBtect units with the option to buy up to an additional 10 units, including licences and warranties, depending on operational requirements and use cases. | £1,600,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ELIMPUS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender